Although not the best room and facilities, was a good deal for the cost. Safe enough area.

Stayed in May 2025

Doesn't have coffee maker in the room, no hand soap or body soap in/for shower, no hand size wash clothe with towels provided.

Quiet, less traffic, staff, security, easy parking...

Stayed in March 2025

The AC in my room worked, but the controls were broken, so the only options were to allow it to run or unplug it to turn it off. (Aside from my own comfort, I would have preferred to be able to not leave it running constantly for the benefit of the hotel i.e. in order to not waste energy, especially when I left the room for the day. But between the option of wasting energy and coming back to a slightly chilly room vs not wasting energy but coming back to a room that was way too warm and needing to wait for it cool down, I went for the cooler option.) I'm still kind of disappointed by the lack of curtains on the windows. I also feel weird/bad that when using the shared/community showers, you basically need to and are expected to lock everyone else out because even though there are three individual showers, they're not private unless you lock the door. All the shower curtains are transparent. There are hostels that do shared/community shower rooms that allow as many people to using them simultaneously as the number of showers they contain. Here, though, it seems you're expected not to do that. So I feel a little bit of anxiety about others not being able to use the other showers at the same time that I'm showering and also anxiety over the possibility of finding the shower room locked when I go to use it. (That didn't happen during this stay, however.) It doesn't have to be this way.

Nice staff. Affordable at a so-so price; I don't feel like I got robbed, and there are definitely worse options. No disturbances during this visit. Not for everyone, but adequate for my needs. And not sure what it is, but I really love the fragrance they use.

Stayed in October 2024

Having white venetian blinds with a light outside is always going to leave the room room lit up at night, this is my only complaint. This aside, accommodation and staff were excellent for a 2 star rating :)

Staff, cleanliness and a decent mattress. Hispanic neighbourhood was particularly nice as this always means good family run street food, Taqueria la Cascada is just across the road. Bus stop to Downtown is also very close.

Stayed in October 2024

Location and ease of checking in.

Stayed in September 2024

I was happy to have the private shower, but there was no desk (only a small folding TV tray table). Given a choice between a room with a real desk but no shower or a room with a shower and no desk, I would have rather had the desk and just showered in the shared/community showers that I booked.

I originally booked a room with a shared/community shower. When I arrived, staff said they'd upgraded me to a room with a private shower.

Stayed in July 2024

Booking .com ad was not clear that shower was separate. It was a relief that toilet was in our quarters. Building a quite tired but functional and did not blow the budget.

Price, clean, nice to get a code for door rather than long checking in process very basic, area a little rough but fine. Owner was great when I stuffed up door code. Talked me through it on the phone. New fridge and microwave which was a plus.

Stayed in May 2024

The main hall smells of cigarettes and the surrounding neighborhood is kind of dingy. Not really a place you’d walk around at night. It’s a little rough.

It was rather quiet, and cheaply priced. The staff was very nice and understanding, the room was clean and our room had its own shower.

Stayed in April 2024

Showers.....

Quiet, we actually rested

Stayed in December 2023

Communal shower.

The style, the decor, the staff.

Stayed in May 2023

They don’t have iron, iron boards, and hangers. I didn’t know there is $50 deposit which I don’t mind paying.

I like no one touch my stuff while I am out of the room.

Stayed in August 2025

Bathroom had not been cleaned, hair in the shower drain and on the floor. Specks of red/brown on shower tiles and floor- looked like ?blood stains. Bed appeared clean however sheets are multicoloured likely to hide stains.

Cheap. Basic room, laminate floors, tv, fridge, good fan. Staff were nice.

Stayed in October 2024

Dirty, scary showers in the hallway and unsafe lock on the door.

There was a fridge and a microwave and the bed was not the worst.

Stayed in October 2024

not enough awake time to feel my surroundings

Quiet, clean as can be and people were respectful

Stayed in September 2024

"Tranquil" (from their marketing) doesn't align with the 7:30–10:30 noise session they hosted on the second night of this stay. This time WiFi was also out when I woke up, and I wasn't able to use it again until something like 10:00 or 11:00 PM, so I had to make an unplanned trip downtown on short notice to try to make up for it, but I basically lost an entire day (the only full day I was there) and pretty much paid for... nothing. (When I made this booking, I actually only needed one night but had the option to go for two, and my decision to stay the extra night was to have a full 24-hour day without any travel/checkin/checkout and which I was expecting to be able to use productively. I wasn't.) Despite the disruption, the staff didn't do anything like offer to comp half the stay or offer a discount for a future stay or even just say sorry at any point during the 4 or 5 interactions we had about the issue. The community showers are not a problem in theory, but are known to be a source of dissatisfaction to many guests, and it's because La Unica is totally dropping the ball. For one, it would be super easy to make sure they get cleaned at least once or twice a day, but from my experience during my previous stay and this one, it doesn't seem like this is happening. And even though there are three showers, at some point after my first stay, they decided to remove the shower curtains from two of the three showers—so the shower room is only usable one at a time (and for some reason they picked the one that was the worst of the three...). There are hostels in Austin + elsewhere that successfully pull off the community shower thing (read: you still have privacy; NOT group showers) and do it in a way that doesn't require only one person use the showers at a time. So it's not impossible, it's just that they don't seem to care here.

Comfortable beds and good appliances, including large (half-size) fridge, pretty good desk, and a good AC, if somewhat loud. Secondly, even though the neighborhood looks rough, which puts people off, it strikes me as a looks-can-be-deceiving situation; it is visibly run-down, but doesn't seem to actually be dangerous as far as violent crime goes. (Having said that, I took public transportation rather than needing to park a car overnight—I could totally understand being a little wary about break-ins.) This is not my first stay; I was really charmed my first time here back in May but noticed a few things that could have been better, so I held off on giving my review then in order to give an opportunity to have an even better experience another time. Unfortunately, the second time around in June was worse than the first, so I held off again until I could go for a third (this time) which I hoped would at a minimum even things out and at least bring things to parity with my original experience during my first stay, but this time was even worse still. I really wanted to root for this business based on that first stay, and there's a lot of potential, but unfortunately it seems like I misjudged—it doesn't look like they care enough to do a few small, simple things that would improve their standing/guest satisfaction greatly. (A bummer.)

Stayed in July 2024

Bad smell, lots of noise, moist. Nothing is good here. The bad nursing home smell is strong. Toilets and bedrooms don't get ventilation often so stink and have moist. The fire extinguisher batteries are near dead everywhere so every minute during the night "beeb", I said it and she said that it is normal. The churche was next to my room ending with LOTS OF noise after 11PM and starting 8AM. Also the AC, fridge and other rooms are really noisy. And in the night you cannot make your room dark.

Niks

Stayed in May 2024

All good

The lady at the front desk is super nice and very helpful in getting me settled.

Stayed in May 2024

No shower in the room

Сonvenient access to the room without registration

Stayed in April 2024

The surrounding area which is completely out of their control, the hotel itself felt very safe.

Cleanliness & hospitality :). This is the best hotel you can book in Austin for the price. NO BUGS unlike every single hotel in the area. Comfortable beds and very convenient

Stayed in April 2024

No soap provided for hand washing or sanitizer. Hallways smelled like smoke. Not a fan of the shared showers even though you can lock the door.

Cool lock technology on the door. Cool retro fridge and microwave.

Stayed in April 2024

It's in a ghetto and doesn't feel safe. When I was leaving there was some random guy from the street muttering and just passing through the building which doesn't really have security. I didn't bother with the showers as they were out of the room. Noisy fridge had to be unplugged to sleep. Nowhere to safely walk around and no restaurants or cafes or anything around I would want to visit.

Front desk woman was very kind.

Stayed in March 2024

Room #120 needed one or two chairs.

This location did not offer breakfast. However, around the corner 50 steps away was a fabulous food truck with delicious chili rellenos from nice Hispanic ladies for a reasonable $!

Stayed in March 2024

No refunds for remaining days. Ridiculous and scandalous. Didn’t get refunded for days I didn’t stay.

Convenient

Stayed in January 2024

Not being refunded for remaining stay when checked out. No refund when checking out of reservation no matter what day leaving from property. Totally ridiculous and scandalous. Need to do better!

Convenient and rooms livable.

Stayed in January 2024